News published on Federal Newswire in June 2016

News from June 2016


News Release: Gabriel Mirabal Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - David Alexander Battle II, 24, who served as a volunteer with the music program at Grace E. Metz Middle School in Manassas, was sentenced today to 300 months in prison for production of child pornography, attempted coercion and enticement of a minor, receipt of child pornography, and distribution of child pornography after being convicted by a federal jury on March 10.


News Release: The men responsible for Tony “T-Bone" Canfield’s death pled guilty today in federal court in Sioux City, Iowa.


News Release: ABILENE, Texas - A 69-year-old Abilene, Texas, man, Jackie Lee Whitt, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to serve 120 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in February 2016 to one count of access with intent to view prepubescent child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.


Former Catonsville Resident Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison for Distributing Child Pornography

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Michael P. Strange, age 56, formerly of Catonsville, Maryland, now of Greenville, South Carolina, today to 70 months in prison followed by 25 years of supervised release for distributing child pornography. Judge Hollander ordered...


Spokane, Washington Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Possession of Child Pornography

News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Randall Maurice Peterson, age 37, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced after having previously plead guilty on March 9, 2016 to Possession of Child Pornography. United States District Judge Wm.


Overtime Rule Jeopardizes Crucial Services for Vulnerable Individuals, Families

News Release: All across the country, nonprofit organizations urged the Department of Labor to pursue a responsible approach to updating our nation’s overtime rules, and they warned of the dire consequences if the department failed to listen. Charitable organizations play an integral role in our communities, from ...


News Release: Wind Cave National Park is displaying 13 art quilts created to celebrate the centennial of the National Park Service during the month of June at the park visitor center. The quilts were created by Fiber Works, a group of textile artists from the Lincoln-Omaha, Nebraska area. The artists were inspired by their favorite national park site. The quilts are on a year-long tour of the 13 chosen parks.


York Woman Sentenced to Prison for Threatening a Federal Witness Via Social Media

News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Mae Joy Harris, age 25, York, Pennsylvania, who previously pleaded guilty to making threatening interstate communications, was sentenced to four months in prison today by U.S. District Court Judge Yvette Kane in Harrisburg.


Former director of Cleveland VA Medical Center sentenced to nearly five years in prison for taking money from design firm

News Release: The former director of the Cleveland and Dayton VA Medical Center was sentenced to 57 months in prison for working as a consultant for and taking money and other things of value from a design firm bidding on VA jobs and sharing confidential information about construction projects while still employed by the VA, law enforcement officials said.


Reclamation Issues Snowmelt Forecast for Bighorn River Basin

News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. -- Reclamation's April forecast of the April through July runoff predicted for the Bighorn Basin is as follows...


Amherst Woman Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Import Alpha-PVP

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Judi Strong, 43, of Amherst, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import Alpha-PVP, a Schedule I controlled substance, before U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, a fine of $1,000,000, or both.


On Equal Pay, Murray, Mikulski, Feinstein Call on McConnell to Turn Words Into Action for Women Across the Country

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD), and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) sent a letter calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to turn words into action and bring the Paycheck Fairness Act to the Senate floor for a vote, following Senate passage two...


News Release: In Austin this afternoon, Garry Wayne Craighead, a 49-year-old Leander, TX, chiropractor, was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for receiving over $17 million in kickbacks in exchange for referring patients covered by the federal worker’s compensation program (FECA program), announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.


Houston Man Convicted of Wire Fraud

News Release: VICTORIA, Texas - A 56-year-old Houston man employed at the Alcoa Operations Plant in Point Comfort has been convicted of wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.


News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Randall Maurice Peterson, age 37, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced after having previously plead guilty on March 9, 2016 to Possession of Child Pornography. United States District Judge Wm.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) released the following statement today after issuing a subpoena to Secretary of State John Kerry for documents and communications related to the Department’s determination that the Keystone XL pipeline would undercut U.S. leadership on climate change, among other things.


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Davel Godfrey Young, 53, of Montego Bay, Jamaica, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for wire fraud, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.


News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that two Hartford men who were involved in a gang-related narcotics trafficking ring were sentenced...


Information:  Federal Court Arraignments

News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.